The king is dead, long live the king

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Originally Posted by tommopie8

He's like a broken record except both sides are the same. Sure he'd never call for Notts to break a contract of a manager if they had lost 10 on the bounce...

I personally would like the brothers to shelf their long term vision plans until May - use the compensation to attract someone of established calibre that has a presence on a short term deal incentivised by promotion.

It's going to be a whole lot easier this season than without Langstaff and McGoldrick another year older.

Who that is? I'm sure I don't know. I certainly won't qualm if it's an U23 coach making a step up or someone from lower down the pyramid. Just think there's still half a season and about 17 other teams would swap places with us in the league. Momentum is everything and if someone comes in and doesn't impress the players I can see this season fizzling out awfully quickly.

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A good call. Won’t ever happen, but the thought did occur to me with the idea of a Martin Allen type manager on a short term, get us hard to beat and keep collecting points.

More likely to be a reserve coach who is promising etc…

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Originally Posted by JoePass

If he signs a contract and sticks by it, he will get my vote.

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Does it work both ways? So even if we have a manager who fails we should keep him for the entire duration of his contact?

Some great research work here by Tom Williams on a few possible candidates:

https://twitter.com/tomhwilliams23/s...06180783485363

And re the manager honouring his contract, that’s the price we’re paying for success. It’s frustrating, but it’s still a better option than having to keep firing rubbish managers. The worry, of course, is that we got a rare gem in LW and may not be quite so lucky next time (he definitely had something to prove at Notts, which worked in both our favours).

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Originally Posted by cher1

Does it work both ways? So even if we have a manager who fails we should keep him for the entire duration of his contact?

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Exactly I said this the other night but of course not.

Get treble your money, move higher job and closer to home.....yeah loads would say no to that.

Loyalty makes me laugh when that gets said as we know it doesnt really happen in footy !

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Originally Posted by Old_pie

Think outside the box:

The king is dead, long live the Queen.:D

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Even Paul Mace acknowledged (with a laugh) this possibility. Sarina Wiegman anyone?

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Originally Posted by Old_pie

Even Paul Mace acknowledged (with a laugh) this possibility. Sarina Wiegman anyone?

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Its a laugh for sure as she is probably on £1m a year at a guess !

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Originally Posted by Old_pie

Think outside the box:

The king is dead, long live the Queen.:D

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Wheres the bloke darlin’ lol

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Originally Posted by legs77

Its a laugh for sure as she is probably on £1m a year at a guess !

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Very widely reported as £400K.

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Originally Posted by cher1

Does it work both ways? So even if we have a manager who fails we should keep him for the entire duration of his contact?

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I don't remember Soccerman complaining about not honouring contracts when we sacked Fullarton. Imagine having to put up with him for two years or whatever it was just because it was the decent thing to do!

And didn't Hardy say he wanted to sign Harry Kewell on a five year deal?

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Originally Posted by Elite_Pie

I don't remember Soccerman complaining about not honouring contracts when we sacked Fullarton. Imagine having to put up with him for two years or whatever it was just because it was the decent thing to do!

And didn't Hardy say he wanted to sign Harry Kewell on a five year deal?

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Well cheers for those reminders Elite. The cat's crying now.